2025 Jury's Choice Best Creative Design Winner—Catherine Clarke, Clinton Florist, Clinton. Buffie Johnson (American, 1912–2006), Stone Flower, 1958-1960. Oil on canvas. 66 13/16 x 29 13/16 in. Gift of Ira Morris, 60.121.
Dear Munson Community,
Since opening its doors to the public in 1936, Munson has remained a cultural cornerstone of the Mohawk Valley. Over the 90 years since, we've evolved tremendously through programming and physical structures. We’ve grown from two family homes, a carriage shed, and stables to a campus of 24 buildings in diverse architectural styles that house galleries, an auditorium, modern studios, classrooms, collections, and offices. Our success isn't measured, however, by campus growth or structures but by the experiences and memories we create within.
In addition to a tremendous annual economic and educational impact, cultural organizations move people in unmeasurable ways—the moment someone pauses before a painting, the confidence a student gains in the studio, the conversation sparked over dinner after a concert or program. These intangible moments document success—they spark imagination, connection, creativity, critical thinking, and so much more.
Each day, we strive to create these moments across campus and generate the best possible visitor experiences. To enhance our visitor engagement and help us reach the broadest possible audience, we conducted a campus-wide study in 2023 and generated a Munson Campus Master Plan. You’ve seen some of its success already in the transformed Genesee Street landscape. We are now laying the groundwork for the next phase of the Master Plan: interior improvements to the Museum of Art. These plans honor our historically significant building, respecting its beautiful details while enhancing the visitor experience and making your Museum visit more enjoyable.
Intrigued? I hope so! In the months to come, I will have much more to share with you, and I know you will be as excited as we are.
In the meantime, after a very long winter, spring at Munson brings a rebirth of colorful, dynamic programs that will keep you busy and creating. From a Spring Weekend full of Art in Bloom and related events to new workshops and classes and a concert to warm your heart, come and enjoy!
None of what we do would be possible or meaningful without the support of our Members and donors. Thank you for your generosity and your partnership in creating those unmeasurable moments that matter most.
I look forward to seeing you at Munson soon.
Anna Tobin D’Ambrosio President and CEO
Munson's programs are made possible, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Art Story with Utica Public Library
Thursday, March 5, 10:30 a.m.
Art Odyssey
Free
Oscar®–Nominated Shorts Weekend
Saturday–Sunday, March 7–8
Sinnott Family—Bank of Utica Auditorium
Members—Categories: One $8 | Two $12 | All $16
General Public —Categories: One $10 | Two $14 | All $20
Quincey Spagnoletti, Munson Artist-in-Residence
Home Studio Opening Reception
Friday, March 13, 3 to 5 p.m.
Pratt Munson Gallery
Free
Concert in the Court: Live from Laurel Canyon
James and Joni: Their Stories, Their Songs
Saturday, March 14, 7:30 p.m.
Root Court
$30 Members | $38 General Public
Munson Book Club: Daytime Session
All the Beauty in the World
Tuesday, March 17, 11 a.m.
Pratt Munson Library
Free | Registration required
The Met: Live in HD Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner
Saturday, March 21, noon
Sinnott Family—Bank of Utica Auditorium
$26 Members | $32 General Public | $16 Students
Food and Art Unite
Sunday, March 22, noon
Root Court
$30 Members | $35 General Public | $10 Children 6–12
Free for children 5 and under
Art Conversation with Stephen Harrison, Museum of Art Director and Chief Curator
The Met Meets Munson
Wednesday, March 25, noon
Sinnott Family—Bank of Utica Auditorium
Free
Drypoint Intaglio Printmaking Workshop with Andrew Mullally
Saturday, March 28, 1 to 4 p.m.
Pratt Munson Studio Building, Room 140
$45 Members | $50 General Public
Elizabeth Lemieux Faculty Lecture Series: Ted Ford
Wednesday, April 1, noon
Sinnott Family—Bank of Utica Auditorium
Free
Art Story with Utica Public Library
Thursday, April 2, 10:30 a.m.
Art Odyssey
Free
Art Alive! Family Day with BAM! Percussion
Tuesday, April 7, 10 a.m to 2 p.m.
Sinnott Family—Bank of Utica Auditorium
Free
Spring Weekend with Art in Bloom: Flowers Inspire!
Friday–Sunday, April 10–12
Free Members | $5 General Public
Colorful Keys
Friday, April 10, noon
Root Court
Free
Munson Book Club: Evening Session
All the Beauty in the World
Tuesday, April 21, 6 p.m.
Pratt Munson Library
Free | Registration required
Pratt Munson First-Year and Sophomore Exhibition Reception
Saturday, April 25, 3 to 5 p.m.
Root Court
Free
Ongoing
Art and Yoga
Saturdays | 10:30 a.m.
Museum of Art
Drop-in fee per class: $10 Members | $15 General Public
FILM SERIES
Wednesdays and Fridays | 2 and 7:30 p.m. | $8 Members | $10 General Public | $6 Students
Join us each week for new foreign, independent, and award-winning films. Film selections are announced a week before the first series of the month.
Film tickets and descriptions: munson.art/films | Student tickets: call 315-797-0055 The series is sponsored by M&T Bank and by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.
MUSEUM OF ART ON VIEW
Constellations: Works on Paper from Three Collections
On view through April 12
Dr. William L. Boyle, Jr. Gallery | Free
Constellations brings together an intriguing mix of drawings, photographs, and graphic arts that inspire unexpected artistic conversations. Curated by Hamilton College students, this exhibition showcases exceptional artworks from Munson’s impressive collection along with works from Hamilton’s Wellin Museum and the distinguished private collection of Hamilton alumnus Michael and Lisa Shapiro.
This project is supported by the Daniel W. Dietrich ’64 Fund for Innovation in the Arts, Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y. Funding for Munson’s 2025–26 exhibition series is provided by Andrew Britton and David Grey, Christian and Cheryl Heilmann, Elizabeth R. Lemieux, Ph.D., and the Family of F. X. Matt II.
Pratt Munson sophomores showcase their work in the Museum of Art as part of the annual student exhibition, highlighting a diverse range of creative approaches and emerging voices.
Watercolor Stories: Art of Charles E. Burchfield
June 12 to Sept. 13
Members Preview: Thursday, June 11, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Dr. William L. Boyle, Jr. Gallery Free to Members | $5 General Public
Watercolor Stories: Art of Charles E. Burchfield presents the fascinating relationship between renowned painter Charles E. Burchfield and Munson’s benefactor Edward W. Root. The two met in 1929 and began a 25-year conversation about their mutual enthusiasm for art, music, and nature.
Watercolor Stories features Munson’s collection of 22 expressive watercolors and drawings by the artist as well as a substantial collection of related artwork and archival material from the Burchfield Penney Art Center in Buffalo, N.Y., and loans from a private collection and the Addison Gallery of American Art.
Funding for Munson’s 2025–26 exhibition series is provided by Andrew Britton and David Grey, Christian and Cheryl Heilmann, Elizabeth R. Lemieux, Ph.D., and the Family of F. X. Matt II.
Charles E. Burchfield (American, 1893–1967), Childhood Garden, 1917. Opaque and transparent watercolor with ink, graphite, and crayon on paper. 27 x 19 in. Munson Museum of Art, Edward W. Root Bequest, 57.90.
PRATT MUNSON GALLERY ON VIEW
COLLECTION FOCUS
Artist-in-Residence Exhibition
Quincey Spagnoletti: Home Studio
March 13 to April 3 | Opening Reception: Friday, March 13, 3 to 5 p.m.
What do we inherit from the women who raise us? Photographer Quincey Spagnoletti explores this question through staged scenes that revisit the spaces, objects, and rituals of her upbringing. Drawing from memory and conversations with maternal figures, she transforms symbols of control into sites of questioning and self-definition.
Quincey Spagnoletti, Then & Now, 2025. Archival inkjet print.
Pratt Munson First-Year Exhibition
April 10 to May 6
Reception: Saturday, April 25, 3 to 5 p.m.
THE UTICA ART ASSOCIATION AND MUNSON'S ROOTS
The Museum of Art will soon reinstall its collection of American art made before 1920. It’s an exciting moment to feature new acquisitions and research as well as a time to consider our history. Individuals like Edward Wales Root and Helen Munson Williams left indelible marks on the collection and city, but an early local organization, the Utica Art Association (UAA), was also key to that effort.
In the mid-1800s, substantial wealth resulting from Utica’s prime location along the Erie Canal and the Industrial Revolution accumulated at an astounding pace. A group eager to boost Utica’s reputation and aware of the growing gap between the wealthy, educated classes and their larger community formed the UAA. The organization’s founding members, including Helen Munson Williams’s husband James Watson Williams, argued that regular exhibitions of fine art would benefit all.
Prominent and emerging artists brought their works to Utica to sell them to local collectors, including Williams, but entry tickets to UAA art fairs were affordable enough that much of the city attended as well. Newspapers in Chicago and New York
reported that it was a good market, highlighting high sale figures for the works by marquee names that hang in our galleries today. The Utica Art Association's legacy remains here at Munson, free to the public thanks to the family’s generosity.
Over the next several months, I will be meeting with community members—from seventh graders to retirees, people whose families have been here for generations to recent immigrants— in order to understand what our visitors would like to see and learn from our collection. I look forward to learning alongside Munson’s vibrant community as I think about what this collection says to visitors today. I’m grateful that the passion for art in Utica has long been a collective one.
– Elizabeth Welch, Ph.D., Associate Curator of American Art
Jules A. Breton (French, 1827–1906), Young Women Going to a Procession, 1888. Oil on canvas. 49 1/2 x 69 in. Proctor Collection, PC. 10.
PERFORMING ARTS
Concert in the Court: Live from Laurel Canyon James and Joni: Their Stories, Their Songs
Saturday, March 14 | 7:30 p.m.
Root Court
$30 Members | $38 General Public
Returning after last year’s sold-out performance, Live from Laurel Canyon presents a brand-new show—James & Joni: Their Stories, Their Songs featuring engaging narration that weaves together personal stories, musical milestones, and the unforgettable songs that defined generations.
Gold Sponsor: Preferred Mutual | Silver Sponsor: PJ Green, Inc.
The Met: Live in HD
Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner
Saturday, March 21 | noon
Sinnott Family–Bank of Utica Auditorium
$26 Members | $32 General Public | $16 Students
After years of anticipation, the electrifying Lise Davidsen tackles one of the ultimate roles for dramatic soprano: the Irish princess Isolde in Wagner’s transcendent meditation on love and death. Heroic tenor Michael Spyres stars opposite Davidsen as the love-drunk Tristan.
The Met: Live in HD is sponsored at Munson by Elizabeth R. Lemieux, Ph.D.
Art Alive! Free Family Day: BAM! Percussion
Tuesday, April 7 | 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Performance: 11 a.m. | Workshop: 1 p.m.
Kids Crafts and Activities: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Immerse yourself in the electrifying energy of comedy percussion with the Blue Barrel Show! This vibrant performance ignites the stage with powerful rhythms and side-splitting sketches that leave audiences in stitches. The eccentric BAM characters communicate in their own whimsical language—a universal tongue understood by all ages.
Funding for Art Alive! is provided by the MetLife Foundation; Utica National Foundation; Preferred Mutual Insurance Company; Sheila and Ron Cuccaro; and Rona Lucas, in memory of Roslyn and Irving Levine.
For tickets, visit munson.art, call 315-797-0055, or stop by the Museum welcome desk.
MUNSON ARTS FESTIVAL
Saturday, July 11 to Sunday, July 19
Car Show and Fountain Elms Invitational: Saturday, July 11
Call for Art Show Entries: Opens May 1 | munson.art/call-for-entries
Artists ages 18+ within 40 miles of Utica are invited to submit paintings, photography, prints, drawings, mixed media, and small sculpture for this indoor exhibition. High school students in grades 9–12 during the 2025–26 school year are encouraged to apply in a dedicated student category.
OSCAR®–NOMINATED SHORTS WEEKEND
Saturday–Sunday, March 7–8
Members: One Category $8 | Two Categories $12 | All Three $16
General Public: One Category $10 | Two Categories $14 | All Three $20
Each short film nominee is released in one of three feature-length compilations according to their category of nomination: Live Action; Animation; and Documentary. Each collection will be shown separately over the course of the weekend with time in between for discussion and refreshments.
TICKETS: munson.art/oscarshorts26
Sponsored by Honorine Wallack — Baird Wealth Management
In partnership with
FOOD + ART UNITE AT MUNSON
SUNDAY, MARCH 22 | NOON TO 3PM
Best Live Action Short Butcher’s Stain (26 min.)
A Friend of Dorothy (21 min.)
Jane Austen’s Period Drama (13 min.)
The Singers (18 min.)
Two People Exchanging Saliva (36 min.)
Best Animated Short Butterfly (14 min.)
Forevergreen (13 min.)
The Girl Who Cried Pearls (17 min.)
Retirement Plan (7 min.)
The Three Sisters (14 min.)
Best Documentary Short
All the Empty Rooms (33 min.)
Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud (37 min.)
Children No More: “Were and Are Gone” (36 min.)
Perfectly a Strangeness (15 min.)
SCHEDULE
Doors open at 10 a.m.
10:30 a.m. – Live Action Shorts
12:30 p.m. – Break in the Root Court
1 p.m. – Animated Shorts
2:10 p.m. – Break in the Root Court
2:40 to 5:30 p.m – Documentary Shorts
Now in its third year, Food and Art Unite celebrates the rich global palette and cultural traditions that shape life in Utica. This vibrant, family-friendly event features tasting stations from area restaurants, multicultural music, and live performances that highlight the diverse voices of our community.
CO-HOSTS SPONSORS
PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS
508 Salvage BBQ & Catering (BBQ)
Anthony Amodio Catering (Italian)
Ecuamex (Ecuadorian)
El Jarocho/El Jarocho II (Mexican)
Equis Pica Pollo (Dominican)
Five Points Public House (Irish)
La Esquina Del Sabor Ecuatoriano (Ecuadorian)
Lafa Mediterranean by Zeina's (Lebanese)
Mohawk Deli (International)
Olive Deli and Market (International)
Paco’s Empanadas (Puerto Rican)
Philomena's Salumeria (Italian Desserts)
Sam’s Deli and Market (International)
Trattoria Giorgio (Italian)
Zeina’s Café and Catering (Lebanese)
Admission: $30 Members
$35 General Public
$10 Children ages 6 to 12 FREE under 5
Tickets: munson.art/food-and-art-unite
Art in Bloom: Flowers Inspire!
April 10 to 12, Museum of Art
Free to Members and ages 12 and under | $5 General Public Art in Bloom presents stunning floral designs created by talented local florists, design professionals, horticulturists, flower farmers, and artists inspired by the Museum of Art’s incredible collection in a juried exhibition.
Hours: Friday, April 10, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday, April 11, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday, April 12, from noon to 4:30 p.m.
Guided Tours: Friday and Saturday at 1 and 2 p.m.
Sunday at 1 p.m.
Private tours available. Please call Cindy Scheuer at 315-927-8549 for reservations. Schedule by April 1.
Closing Reception and Awards: Sunday, April 12, 3 p.m.
Light refreshments will be served.
Tickets and Registration
Visit munson.art/spring-weekend
Workshops and Presentations: Free with Art in Bloom admission, unless otherwise noted. Prices do not include admission to Art in Bloom.
Spring Weekend
AT MUNSON
APRIL 10–12
Spring is in full bloom at Munson!
Join us this April at Munson where flowers and art take center stage. Be inspired by the crowd-favorite Art in Bloom exhibition; roll up your sleeves in creative workshops; savor an elegant afternoon tea or floral-inspired dining experience; and catch a film that reveals the unexpected, and mysterious, side of flowers.
Workshops and Presentations
Designing Beauty: Lessons from McKenzie-Childs and Sonnenberg Gardens
David Hutchings, Executive Director, Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion State Historic Park
Friday, April 10, 11 a.m.
Enjoy a garden design presentation by renowned tastemaker David Hutchings, showcasing his work at the Mackenzie-Childs Farmhouse and Sonnenberg Gardens and highlighting essential principles of form, balance, color, repetition, and plant selection.
Tips for Environmentally Friendly Gardens
Rosanne Loparco, Cornell Cooperative Extension Oneida County Friday, April 10, 2 to 3 p.m.
Create a thriving, low-maintenance garden that works with nature. Discover sustainable practices and native plants that save resources while supporting local wildlife. $8 per person
Pre-registration requested. Limited to 30 participants.
Pre-registration requested for workshops, presentations, and Art in Bloom admission.
2025 People's Choice Best Creative Design Winner, Tracy Wilkinson
Art in Bloom is sponsored by Gail Kulaga.
Meet the Growers
Saturday, April 11, 10 a.m. to noon
Interested in the local flower scene? Meet the people from our community who are involved in the Green Movement, from farmers and gardeners to educators and advocates.
Seed Starting Presentation
Dennis Osborne, Lucas Russell, and Ann Tomarchio, Cornell Cooperative Extension Oneida County
Saturday, April 11, 11 a.m.
Learn the basics of seed starting, including selecting seeds, tracking growth, timing indoor planting, and choosing the right soil, containers, light, water, and fertilizers.
$8 per person
Pre-registration requested. Limited to 30 participants.
Quilled Floral Greeting Card Workshop
Sandie Craven-Griffiths, Cats in the Attic Cards
Saturday, April 11
10 a.m. to noon
During this class, you’ll learn quilling, the centuriesold art of paper filigree, to make beautiful floralinspired greeting cards that will delight your correspondents.
$20 Members | $24 General Public
Pre-registration requested. Limited to 16 participants.
Utica Creative Reuse: Upcycled Flower Power
Saturday, April 11, 1 to 4 p.m.
Sit down and get busy with Utica Creative Reuse. Using materials just waiting for a new life, you’ll create a fun and funky floral craft. All ages are welcome!
Spring Flower Arranging Class
Jasmine Rae Maimone, Jasmine Rae Floral Design Sunday, April 12, 1 p.m.
Join Jasmine, last year’s Art in Bloom Best in Show winner, for a hands-on spring floral class where beginners learn design basics and create a beautiful arrangement to take home.
$52 Members | $60 General Public
Pre-registration suggested. Limited to 15 participants.
Kids Design! For Ages 8 to 15
Amanda Mackey and Tracy Wilkinson, Professional Florists Sunday, April 12, 2 p.m.
Two Art in Bloom designers lead a hands-on kids’ workshop, teaching floral basics and guiding students to create and take home an arrangement inspired by Munson’s collection.
$15 Members | $18 General Public
Pre-registration requested. Limited to 24 participants.
Special Events
Colorful Keys Performance
Friday, April 10, noon
Piano students from Hamilton College provide a relaxing environment during the lunch hour. Purchase a boxed lunch or simply enjoy some wonderful piano music.
The Plant Stand Pop-Up Shop
Rachel Stewart, The Plant Stand
Friday, April 10 and Saturday, April 11, 1 to 4 p.m.
Based in Utica, the Plant Stand offers curated indoor plants and goods at pop-up locations, creating an inviting, low-pressure space for plant lovers of all levels to liven up with their homes.
Floral Nightmares Film Festival
Friday, April 10 through Sunday, April 12
While flowers in art usually symbolize beauty and pleasure, this film series explores their darker side, revealing horror instead. Watch a single film or enjoy the full weekend collection! $5 per screening | Pre-registration requested
Friday, April 10
2 p.m. — The Age of Innocence (Scorsese, 1993, 139 min.)
7:30 p.m. — Little Shop of Horrors (Oz 1986, 94 min.)
Saturday, April 11
11 a.m. — Beauty and the Beast (Cocteau, 1946, 93 min.)
1 p.m. — In the Heat of the Night (Jewison, 1967, 110 min.)
3 p.m. — Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Kaufman, 1978, 115 min.)
Sunday, April 12
1 p.m. — Annihilation (Garland, 2018, 115 min.)
Culinary Offerings
For pricing details, visit munson.art/spring-weekend.
Floral-Inspired Dinner
Friday, April 10, 6 to 7:30 p.m. | Root Court
Join us for a special culinary event celebrating the beauty and taste of flowers. A four-course dinner, catered by Hart’s Hill Events & Catering, showcases this year’s Art in Bloom theme, “Flowers Inspire!,” with elegantly presented courses and signature cocktails. Pre-registration required by April 1. Seating is limited.
Afternoon Tea
Friday, April 10 and Saturday, April 11, 3 p.m. | Root Court
Enjoy sweet and savory treats with a pot of tea as you experience the beauty of flowers and art at this year’s Art in Bloom—a perfect moment of relaxation!
Pre-registration requested. Seating is limited.
Boxed Lunches
Friday, April 10 and Saturday, April 11
noon to 2 p.m. | Root Court
For more information, visit munson.art/spring-weekend.
DONOR SPOTLIGHT
ROSE HOSP
Rose Hosp is a familiar sight at Munson, often standing by the doors to welcome busloads of students and guide them through the Museum of Art. A longtime member of our docent team, Hosp has volunteered countless hours to deepen visitors’ understanding and appreciation of the remarkable works on display in Munson’s galleries.
We would be happy to content ourselves with Hosp’s generous gifts of time and expertise, but in the past year, she has taken two vital additional steps to help ensure Munson’s future: establishing a charitable gift annuity and making an outright capital contribution. Both gifts were inspired by her sister, Pam, who left funds to Rose through her estate.
Wishing to establish a legacy in Pam’s honor, Hosp began by creating a gift annuity that will provide income for her during her lifetime, with the remainder benefiting Munson. Just a few months later, she made another contribution—once more in Pam’s memory— this time to support a special project at Munson: the renovation of our Museum of Art. You will be hearing more about those renovations over the coming months.
Hosp’s generosity is a wonderful example of stewardship—honoring someone deeply important to her in ways that will benefit Munson visitors for generations to come. She has created a lasting legacy in Pam’s honor, inspired in part by the legacy of Munson’s founding family. We are profoundly grateful to Rose and look forward to seeing Pam’s legacy take shape through vital upgrades to visitor services at Munson.
If you would like to learn more about legacy giving or Munson’s capital needs, please contact John Murphy at 315-927-8523 or jdmurphy@munson.art.
BUILDING MOMENTUM
This winter, Munson received two major capital grants from New York State totaling $1.3 million to support transformative updates to our Museum of Art building. These awards build upon a $1 million grant from the New York State Council on the Arts awarded last spring. Together with private commitments, they lend tremendous momentum to a series of visitor-centered improvements we hope to begin this summer. These updates will strengthen the Museum experience while honoring the architectural and artistic legacy that defines Munson.
We look forward to sharing more details about this exciting project, and others, in the months ahead. In the meantime, we continue to seek additional support through individual donors, foundations, and other grantors.
For more information, contact John Murphy at jdmurphy@munson.art or 315-927-8523. We would be delighted to count you as an early supporter to the project!
TWO PRESTIGIOUS FOUNDATION AWARDS
Munson is honored and grateful to have received prestigious awards from the Terra Foundation and the Henry Luce Foundation. Securing both of these significant grants in a single year is an extraordinary achievement in the field.
Munson was awarded $75,000 from the Terra Foundation for American Art to plan a major exhibition co-organized with the National Gallery of Canada dedicated to celebrated 19th-century artist Robert Duncanson and inspired by Munson’s recent acquisition, The Vale of Kashmir, a momentous addition to our Collection.
We also welcomed Shiori Oki, our first Luce Foundation Fellow, supported through a $75,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation. Oki is working closely with Associate Curator Elizabeth Welch to reimagine and reinstall the Museum’s 19th-century galleries of American art.
“The funds from the Luce Foundation have allowed us to hire a wonderful curatorial fellow whose passion for community curatorial practice and fantastic project management skills have already made a huge difference,” says Welch. “Shiori and I are deep in the planning stages for an installation later this year.”
With visionary support from our funding partners and the continued engagement of our Members, the Museum of Art is entering a vibrant period of growth.
Join fellow art and literature enthusiasts for Munson Book Club, featuring engaging discussions on books that explore the art world and its intersections with history, culture, and creativity. Our selection will be All the Beauty in the World by Patrick Bringley, a heartfelt memoir of his decade as a museum guard at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Visit munson.art/book-club for all the latest information.
Art Conversation with Stephen Harrison, Museum of Art Director and Chief Curator: The Met Meets Munson
Wednesday, March 25, noon Sinnott Family—Bank of Utica Auditorium | Free
In this intriguing illustrated talk, Munson Museum of Art Director and Chief Curator
Stephen Harrison will explore ways in which works of art from The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City work in conversation visually and thematically with works of art in Munson’s collection. This same approach was used by Hamilton College students to create Constellations, on view through April 12.
The subject of this program complements the Munson Book Club selection, All the Beauty in the World, written by Patrick Bringley, who worked as a guard at The Met for a decade. All are welcome to attend.
Charles E. Burchfield (American, 1893–1967), Hot Morning Sun (detail), 1916. Opaque and transparent watercolor with ink, graphite, and crayon on paper. 13 7/8 x 19 7/8 in. Munson Museum of Art, Edward W. Root Bequest, 57.94.
MUNSON WINTER EVENTS
AT A GLANCE
Thea Bowman House children with Museum docent, Mr. Paul
Art Talk with Elizabeth Welch, Associate Curator of American Art
American Heart Association Go Red for Women Day Munson Book Club
Greater Utica Chamber Business After Hours at Munson
Easton Pribble Lecture Series: Anna Han
Jenie Gao: The Deer Garden Opening Reception
COMMUNITY ARTS
SPRING CLASS HIGHLIGHTS
SATURDAY MORNING KIDS CLASSES
Art Explorations I
Ages 4 and 5 | 9 to 11:30 a.m.
March 14 to April 18
Art Explorations II, Drawing and Painting
Ages 6 to 8 | 9 to 11:30 a.m.
March 14 to April 18
Young Artists Drawing and Painting
Ages 9 to 12 | 9 to 11:30 a.m.
March 21 to April 25
MINI-COURSE
Figure Drawing
Chad Smith | All Levels | 18+
Wednesdays, 6 to 9 p.m. | March 11 to April 22
This class focuses on visual skills and analysis, investigating gestures, proportions, and anatomy while expanding a drawing vocabulary. Nude models used. Required materials list provided.
WORKSHOP
Sit and Knit for Intermediate to Advanced
Rebecca Robbins | Intermediate to Advanced | 16+
Thursdays, March 12 to April 16
Create a fashionable shawl for yourself or as a great gift for someone special. Learn all the skills required to complete this project, including keeping track of counting and incorporating cables.
REGISTER AND VIEW FULL CLASS SCHEDULE
munson.art/community-arts or 315-797-8260
NEW WORKSHOP
Drypoint Intaglio Printmaking Workshop with Andrew Mullally
Saturday, March 28, 1 to 4 p.m.
Pratt Munson Studio Building, Room 140
$35 Members | $45 General Public
Explore the centuries-old drypoint printmaking technique with Pratt Munson faculty member Andrew Mullally. In this hands-on workshop, create a 4” x 6” printing plate and take home identical prints of your design. Bring a sketch if you’d like. No experience necessary—all materials provided.
Register: munson.art/intaglio-workshop
This workshop complements the exhibition Constellations: Works on Paper from Three Collections, currently on view through April 12.
STUDENTS EARN GRAPHIC DESIGN RECOGNITION
Pratt Munson College of Art and Design is proud to announce that six students clinched seven prestigious achievements in the 2025 Graphic Design USA (GDUSA) Design Awards this fall under the mentorship of Professors Cindy Buckley Koren and Leah McDonald: Ann Katashiba, Isabella Mendez, Mary Lam, Nanoka Umehara, Stef Semerik, and Vera Soberg. These students are now in their junior year on Pratt Institute’s main campus in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Isabella Mendez
Stef Semerik
Nanoka Umehara
Mary Lam
FOUNTAIN ELMS SOCIETY ART IN BLOOM BRUNCH
Sunday, April 12
10 a.m. to noon | Root Court
Enjoy brunch and vote for your favorite floral arrangement as part of our new Fountain Elms Society’s Choice award.
RSVP by April 4 events@munson.art or 315-927-8517
INFORMATION AND HOURS
Museum of Art, including Fountain Elms
Tuesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.
Performing Arts Tickets
Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Doors open one hour before performances and 30 minutes before films.
Tickets: 315-797-0055, 1-800-754-0797, or munson.art
Pratt Munson and Community Arts Offices
Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Art Research Library
Monday to Thursday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday, noon to 5 p.m., Sunday 3 to 5 p.m.
The following areas are accessible to the physically challenged: Museum of Art galleries, Fountain Elms, Sinnott Family–Bank of Utica Auditorium, Root Court, Art Odyssey: Interactive Gallery, Museum Shop, Art Library, Performing Arts Office, Pratt Munson Gallery, Studio D, Pottery Studio, the Academic Building, and Student Center.
